Annecy Festival, the world’s largest event dedicated to animation, has announced lineup for the 2022 edition, which is scheduled to take place from 13th to 18th June 2022 in Annecy, France.
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival officially known as Annecy Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France.
Annecy Festival or Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy is known as the world’s top reference for animation films. Every year, Annecy inspires and rocks the world to the rhythm of animation by highlighting the creative dynamism and richness this sector represents. From exclusive presentations of the latest animated works to demonstrations of the latest and future trends, via meetings with seasoned directors and emerging talents, the Annecy International Animation Festival is an exciting celebration in an exceptional setting.
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival is sponsored by the International Animated Film Association (Association internationale du film d’animation) or ASIFA.
This year, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival has received over 3,000 movies (shorts and feature films, TV and commissioned films, VR Works) from all over the world. 200 movies have been shortlisted to take part in the official selection.
Annecy Festival 2022 Lineup
The 2022 Annecy Festival has announced the official selection lineup in 11 competition sections:
- Official Short Films
- Off-Limits Short Films
- Perspectives Short Films
- Young Audience Short Films
- Graduation Short Films
- TV Films
- Commissioned Films
- VR Works
- Official Feature Films
- Contrechamp Feature Films
- Screening Events
Official Short Films in Competition
38 short films from 22 have been selected to go on screen in the Official Short Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “Amok” by Balázs TURAI from Hungary, Romania
- “Anxious Body” by Yoriko MIZUSHIRI from France, Japan
- “Babicino seksualno zivljenje” by Urska DJUKIC, Emilie PIGEARD from France, Slovenia
- “backflip” by Nikita DIAKUR from Germany, France
- “Beware of Trains” by Emma CALDER from United Kingdom
- “Bird in the Peninsula” by Atsushi WADA from France, Japan
- “Black Slide” by Uri LOTAN from Israel, United Kingdom
- “Bottle Cap” by Marie HYON, Marco SPIER from USA
- “Deux sœurs” by Anna BUDANOVA from France
- “Drone” by Sean BUCKELEW from USA
- “Garrano” by David DOUTEL, Vasco SÁ from Portugal, Lithuania
- “Glazing” by Lilli CARRÉ from USA
- “Histoire pour 2 Trompettes” by Amandine MEYER from France
- “Honekami” by Honami YANO from Japan
- “Hysteresis” by Robert SEIDEL from Germany
- “Krasue” by Ryo HIRANO from Japan
- “La Passante” by Hannah LETAÏF from Belgium, France
- “Lakkeh” by Shiva SADEGH ASADI from Iran
- “Les Liaisons foireuses” by Violette DELVOYE, Chloé ALLIEZ from Belgium, France
- “Letter to a Pig” by Tal KANTOR from France, Israel
- “Louis I. Roi des moutons” by Markus WULF from Germany
- “Lucky Man” by Claude LUYET from Switzerland
- “Lullaby” by Lin ZHANG, Qinnan LI from China
- “Miracasas” by Raphaëlle STOLZ from France, Switzerland
- “O Homem do Lixo” by Laura GONÇALVES from Portugal
- “Of Wood” by Owen KLATTE from USA
- “Pachyderme” by Stéphanie CLÉMENT from France
- “Scale” by Joseph PIERCE from France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Belgium
- “Sprite Fright” by Matthew LUHN, Hjalti HJALMARSSON from Netherlands
- “Steakhouse” by Spela CADEZ from Slovenia, Germany, France
- “Taaskohtumine” by Ülo PIKKOV from Estonia
- “Terra incognita” by Pernille M. A. KJAER, Adrian DEXTER from Denmark, France
- “The Debutante” by Elizabeth HOBBS from United Kingdom
- “The Flying Sailor” by Amanda FORBIS, Wendy TILBY from Canada
- “The Invention of Less” by Noah ERNI from Switzerland
- “The Record” by Jonathan LASKAR from Switzerland
- “Things that Disappear” by Changsoo KIM from South Korea
- “Yugo” by Carlos GOMEZ SALAMANCA from Colombia, France
Off-Limits Short Films in Competition
8 short films from 7 countries have been selected to go on screen in the Off-Limits Short Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “1MTH/MIN” by Ethann NÉON from Belgium
- “Arrest in Flight” by Adrian FLURY from Switzerland
- “Intersect” by Dirk KOY from Switzerland
- “La mujer como imagen, el hombre como portador de la mirada” by Carlos VELANDIA from Colombia
- “Sphères” by Anaïs SCHEECK from France
- “Train Again” by Peter TSCHERKASSKY from Austria
- “Under the Microscope” by Michaela GRILL from Austria, Canada
- “Very, Very, Tremendously” by Guangli LIU from China, France
Perspectives Short Films in Competition
17 short films from 18 countries have been selected to go on screen in the Perspectives Short Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “Akplokplobito” by Ingrid AGBO from France, Togo
- “Angle mort” by Lotfi ACHOUR from France, Tunisia
- “Bolo raz jedno more…” by Joanna KOZUCH from Poland, Slovakia
- “Compositions for Understanding Relationships” by David DELAFUENTE from USA
- “Idodo” by Ursula ULMI from Switzerland, Papua New Guinea, USA
- “L’Écrivain aveugle” by Georges SIFIANOS from France, Greece
- “Manhole” by Abhishek VERMA, Jayesh PILLAI from India
- “Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics” by Terril CALDER from Canada
- “More Than I Remember” by Amy BENCH from USA
- “Once More with Feeling” by Pallavi AGARWALA from India, United Kingdom
- “Pandaların Nesli Nasıl Tükendi?” by Halim YENTÜR from Turkey
- “Prosopagnosia” by Steven FRASER from United Kingdom
- “Reparations” by Wilson BORJA from Colombia
- “Rites of Spring” by Yiorgos TSANGARIS from Cyprus
- “Ta presneta ocetova kamera!” by Miloš TOMIC from Slovenia
- “The Best Grandfather in the World” by Nina BISYARINA from Russia
- “The Visit” by Morrie TAN from Singapore
Young Audiences Short Films in Competition
9 short films from 14 countries have been selected to go on screen in the Young Audience Short Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “Bellysaurus” by Philip WATTS from Australia
- “Cat and Moth” by India BARNARDO from Canada, United Kingdom
- “Cuci cuci” by Māra LININA from Latvia
- “Hokkyoku-Guma Suggoku Hima” by Koji YAMAMURA from Japan
- “La calesita” by Augusto SCHILLACI from Argentina, USA
- “La Reine des renards” by Marina ROSSET from Switzerland
- “La Soupe de Franzy” by Ana CHUBINIDZE from France, Georgia
- “Luce and the Rock” by Britt RAES from Belgium, France, Netherlands
- “Paolos Glück” by Thorsten DRÖSSLER, Manuel SCHROEDER from Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland
Graduation short Films in Competition
38 short films from 23 countries have been selected to go on screen in the Graduation Short Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “A Dog Under a Bridge” by Rehoo TANG from China
- “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It” by Lachlan PENDRAGON from Australia
- “Au revoir Jérôme!” by Gabrielle SELNET, Chloe FARR, Adam SILLARD from France
- “Being Sisyphus for One Second a Day” by Peixuan CHENG from China
- “Boddyssey” by Jonas BIENZ from Switzerland
- “BUT (bud)” by Haomin PENG from USA, China
- “Cufufu” by Bruno QUAST from Estonia
- “Do Not Feed the Pigeons” by Antonin NICLASS from United Kingdom
- “Downfall” by Rona FAYAD from Lebanon
- “Elephant in Castle” by Yuk Ki Florence LEE from Hong Kong
- “Felhök felett” by Vivien HÁRSHEGYI from Hungary
- “Fleeting: Here & There” by Gilnaz ARZPEYMA from Canada
- “Golden Margarite” by keren KARASIK from Israel
- “Graziano e la giraffa” by Fabio ORLANDO, Tommaso ZERBI from Italy
- “Hierofania” by Maria NITEK from Poland
- “Klimax” by Bea HOELLER from Germany
- “Krak” by Stan LIEVENS from Belgium
- “La Neige incertaine” by Romane TISSEAU, Marion BOISROND, Marie-Liesse COUMAU, Ada HERNAEZ, Gwendoline LEGENDRE from France
- “Maman, il a quoi le chien?” by Lola LEFEVRE from France
- “Manchmal weiss ich nicht wo die Sonne” by Samantha AQUILINO from Switzerland
- “Mosaic” by Eleonora BERRA from Switzerland
- “Na konec spirály” by Eliška KERBACHOVÁ from Czech Republic
- “Noon” by Olivier BÉMER from France
- “Nyugvó köd” by Nikolett FÁBIÁN from Hungary
- “Omi-Maiko Station” by Jean GÉGOUT from France
- “Pentola” by Leo CERNIC from Italy
- “Persona” by Sujin MOON from South Korea
- “Protostase” by Tiberio SUPPRESSA from France
- “Raices” by Maddalena BROZZI, Laura CAGNONI, Sara MOSCHINI from Italy
- “Rode Reus” by Anne VERBEURE from Belgium
- “Saft” by Mona KEIL from Germany
- “Second” by André SANTOS MARTINS from Germany, Portugal
- “Small Hours” by Marta SNIEZEK, Christian SPURLING from Ireland
- “So Long (We Dreamt of This)” by Lewis HERIZ from United Kingdom
- “To Kill the Birds & the Bees” by Calleen KOH from Singapore
- “Todas mis cicatrices se desvanecen en el viento” by María Angélica RESTREPO GUZMÁN, Carlos VELANDIA from Colombia
- “Toothless” by Andrea GUIZAR from Poland
- “Wings for Butterflies” by Tilly WALLACE from United Kingdom
TV Films in Competition
24 movies from 12 countries have been selected to go on screen in the TV Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “Arcane “When These Walls Come Tumbling Down”” by Pascal CHARRUE, Arnaud DELORD from USA
- “Caresses magiques “Doux Jésus”” by Lori MALÉPART-TRAVERSY from Canada
- “Cherchez la femme “Ida Pfeiffer”” by Julie GAVRAS, Mathieu DECARLI, Olivier MARQUEZY from France, Belgium
- “Dos pajaritos” by Alejo SCHETTINI, Alfredo SODERGUIT from Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay
- “Drôles d’oiseaux” by Charlie BELIN from France
- “El Deafo “Part 1″” by Gilly FOGG from USA
- “Giuseppe” by Isabelle FAVEZ from Switzerland, France
- “Harley Quinn “Harlivy”” by Juan MEZA LEON from USA
- “Harriet the Spy “Hermit the Spy”” by Allison CRAIG from USA
- “Human Resources “Birth”” by Henrique JARDIM from USA
- “Libres ! “Gazon maudit”” by Directed by: Ovidie RAZIEL, Josselin RONSE from France
- “Louise et la Légende du serpent à plumes” by Hefang WEI from France
- “Mitch-Match “#29″” by Géza M. TÓTH from Hungary
- “My Year of Dicks” by Sara GUNNARSDOTTIR from USA
- “Open Bar “Épisode 09″” by Frédérick CHAILLOU from France
- “Partie de Campagne “Épisode 106″” by Romain BORREL from France
- “Pip and Posy “Night Pip”” by Jeroen JASPAERT, Matthew TEA from United Kingdom
- “Robin Robin” by Dan OJARI, Mikey PLEASE from United Kingdom
- “Runes “La Grotte de Baligan”” by Jean-Louis VANDESTOC from Germany, France
- “Sonny Boy “Episode 01″” by Shingo NATSUME from Japan
- “The Cuphead Show! “Ghosts Ain’t Real!”” by Adam PALOIAN from USA
- “The House” by Emma DE SWAEF, Marc James ROELS, Niki LINDROTH VON BAHR, Paloma BAEZA from United Kingdom, USA
- “The Legend of Vox Machina “The Feast of Realms”” by Stanley VON MEDVEY from USA
- “We the People “Taxes”” by Victoria VINCENT from USA
Commissioned Films in Competition
37 movies from 17 countries have been selected to go on screen in the Commissioned Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “#normadegénerobinaria: niñas” by Bernardita OJEDA, Cristián FREIRE from Chile
- “2021 MixBrasil festival” by Fabio ACORSI, Luiz EVANDRO from Brazil
- “A Future Begins” by Johnny KELLY from USA, United Kingdom
- “Alima “L’Étoffe”” by Seydou-Christian NDIAYE, Léo SATTIN from France
- “Aline” by Wes ANDERSON from France
- “Anifilm 2021 Trailer” by Eliska OZ, Lee OZ from Czech Republic
- “Apex Legends “Metamorphosis”” by Robert VALLEY from United Kingdom
- “Being Human “Tug of War”” by Junar KIM from United Kingdom, South Korea
- “BIFAN 2021 “25 years”” by Kangmin KIM from USA, South Korea
- “BirdBox” by Rajesh THAKARE, Aman GUPTA from India
- “C’mon Tigre “Twist into Any Shape”” by Donato SANSONE from Italy
- “Chicago Public Library “Bedtime Stories”” by Mateus DE PAULA SANTOS, Isabela LITTGER from USA
- “Dior “A New Continent”” by Bárbara CERRO from Argentina
- “Elton John, Dua Lipa “Cold Heart” (Pnau Remix)” by Raman DJAFARI from Germany, United Kingdom
- “Head & Shoulders “The Chase”” by CRCR from USA, France, Japan, United Kingdom, Singapore
- “Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane “Ten Degrees of Strange”” by Lynn TOMLINSON from USA, United Kingdom
- “Kid Koala (Feat. Lealani) “Things Are Going to Change”” by Dale HAYWARD, Sylvie TROUVÉ from Canada
- “L’Impératrice “Hématome”” by Roxane LUMERET, Jocelyn CHARLES from France
- “Les Garçons de l’été” by Julien HAZEBROUCQ from France
- “Lunar Love & Ever” by Gabriel Gabriel GARBLE from Malaysia, Sweden
- “Lux “Born This Way”” by Ralph KARAM from Singapore
- “My Wife Is in Danger!” by Salvador MALDONADO from South Africa, United Kingdom
- “Naraka Championship Trailer” by Hans-Christoph SCHULTHEISS from China
- “Nebesna Sotnya” by Daryna ZGHUROVETS from Ukraine
- “Orelsan “La Quête”” by Victor HAEGELIN from France
- “Ottawa Animation Signal Film” by Angela STEMPEL from USA
- “Pink Noise “Bruit Rose”” by Ulysse LEFORT, Martin WIKLUND, Arthur LEMAÎTRE from France
- “Premonition: On the Eve of Signing Treaty 6” by Barry BILINSKY from Canada
- “Save Ralph” by Spencer SUSSER from United Kingdom
- “Short Cuts “Le Cercle rouge”” by Iulia VOITOVA from France
- “Short Cuts “Prince des ténèbres”” by Caroline CHERRIER from France
- “SLASH Filmfestival Trailer 2021” by Elias FLEISCHER, Franz MÜHRINGER from Austria
- “Sumo – Jeux olympiques de Tokyo 2021” by Geoffroy BARBET-MASSIN from France
- “Tanya Tagaq “Teeth Agape”” by David SEITZ from Canada
- “TED-ED ”The Dark History of the Chinese Exclusion Act”” by Yijia CAO, Mohammad BABAKOOHI from USA
- “The Transatlantic Slave Trade” by Chris CARBONI from USA
- “The Underestimated Villain” by Comfort ARTHUR from Ghana, United Kingdom
VR Works – Competition
8 VR works from 10 countries have been selected to go on screen in the VR Works competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “Affiorare” by Rosa Rossella SCHILLACI from Italy, Portugal
- “Déjà-vu” by Dennis STEIN-SCHOMBURG from Germany
- “Glimpse” by Benjamin CLEARY, Michael O’CONNOR from France, Ireland, United Kingdom
- “Goliath: Playing With Reality” by Barry Gene MURPHY, May ABDALLA from United Kingdom, France
- “Kidnapping à Vostok” by Jean BOUTHORS from France
- “Marco & Polo Go Round” by Benjamin STEIGER LEVINE from Belgium, Canada
- “On the Morning You Wake (To the End of the World)” by Mike BRETT, Steve JAMISON, Pierre ZANDROWICZ, Arnaud COLINART from USA, France, United Kingdom
- “Samsara” by Hsin-Chien HUANG from Taiwan
Feature Films in Official Competition
10 feature movies from 10 countries have been selected to go on screen in the Official Feature Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “Charlotte” by Eric WARIN, Tahir RANA from Belgium, Canada, France
- “Goodbye, DonGlees!” by Atsuko ISHIZUKA from Japan
- “Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens” by Alain UGHETTO from France, Italy, Switzerland
- “Le Petit Nicolas – Qu’est-ce qu’on attend pour être heureux?” by Amandine FREDON, Benjamin MASSOUBRE from France, Luxembourg
- “Misaki no Mayoiga” by Shinya KAWATSURA from Japan
- “My Love Affair with Marriage” by Signe BAUMANE from Latvia, USA, Luxembourg
- “Nayola” by José Miguel RIBEIRO from Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, France
- “Saules aveugles, femme endormie” by Pierre FOLDES from France, Luxembourg, Canada, Netherlands
- “The Island” by Anca DAMIAN from Romania, France, Belgium
- “Unicorn Wars” by Alberto VÁZQUEZ from Spain, France
Contrechamp Feature Films in Competition
10 feature movies from 14 countries have been selected to go on screen in the Contrechamp Feature Films competition section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “Aurora’s Sunrise” by Inna SAHAKYAN from Armenia, Germany, Lithuania
- “Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On” by Jun-pyo HONG from South Korea
- “Home Is Somewhere Else” by Carlos HAGERMAN, Jorge VILLALOBOS DE LA TORRE from USA, Mexico
- “Ikuta no Kita” by Koji YAMAMURA from Japan, France
- “Khamsa – The Well of Oblivion” by Khaled CHIHEB from Algeria
- “La otra forma” by Diego Felipe GUZMÁN RAMIREZ from Colombia
- “My Grandfather’s Demons” by Nuno BEATO from Portugal, Spain, France
- “Quantum Cowboys” by Geoff MARSLETT from USA
- “Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish” by Lei LEI from USA, Netherlands
- “Yaya e Lennie – The Walking Liberty” by Alessandro RAK from Italy
Screening Events
16 movies from 8 countries have been selected to go on screen in the Screening Event section of the 2022 Annecy Festival.
- “Dounia et la Princesse d’Alep” by Marya ZARIF, André KADI from Canada
- “Ernest et Célestine, le Voyage en Charabie” by Jean-Christophe ROGER, Julien CHHENG from France, Luxembourg
- “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” by Tze CHUN, Brendan HAY, Joe DANTE from USA
- “INU-OH” by Masaaki YUASA from Japan
- “Le Pharaon, le Sauvage et la Princesse” by Michel OCELOT from France
- “Les Secrets de mon père” by Vera BELMONT from Belgium, France
- “Lightyear” by Angus MACLANE from USA
- “Minions: The Rise of Gru” by Kyle BALDA, Brad ABLESON, Jonathan DEL VAL from USA
- “No.7 Cherry Lane” by Yonfan YONFAN from Hong Kong
- “Perlimps” by Alê ABREU from Brazil
- “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” by Joel CRAWFORD from USA
- “Sing a Bit of Harmony” by Yasuhiro YOSHIURA from Japan
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” by Joaquim DOS SANTOS, Kemp POWERS, Justin THOMPSON from USA
- “Strange World” by Donald HALL, Qui NGUYEN from USA
- “The Netflix Animation Showcase” from USA
- “The Sea Beast” by Chris WILLIAMS from USA
